Workers’ compensation – Medical opinion – §1(7A) analysis

Where an insurer has been held liable for an injury to the employee’s left shoulder and ordered to pay a closed period of total incapacity benefits, ongoing partial incapacity benefits and medical benefits, the judge did not clearly adopt an expert medical opinion supporting his findings or perform an adequate §1(7A) analysis, and consequently the decision must be vacated and the case recommitted for further findings of fact.